Nokia’s latest C6 QWERTY slider gets leaked

Nokia’s last two QWERTY sliders, the Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 Mini, have been terrible additions to the handset giant’s already shaky line-up of smartphones, largely thanks to rubbery keyboards with a distinct lack of tactile feedback.

Nonetheless, Nokia’s looking to give the QWERTY slider form factor one last go, at least if this leaked shot of the forthcoming Nokia C6 is anything to go by.

The C6 is just the latest in a seres of Nokia phones conforming to their new naming convention. Nokai’s C-Series are core, entry-level smartphones, while the X-Series is focused on social entertainment, the E-Series is focused on business, and the N-Series is the flagship line.

Essentially, it’s a Nokia 5800 with a slide-out QWERTY and a better keyboard, similar in look to the keypad of the N900. It’s hard to say what the specs of this thing are in reality, but it’s heavily rumored to be a touchscreen phone with 256MB of internal storage, 3G connectivity and a microSD card slot, without the N97 and N97 Minis tilting display.

What will you pay for the C6? No idea. But when can you get it? It should arrive in Europe before summer, according to source.